diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
index 7eaa5337b1..5c30b962dc 100755
--- a/bin/ansible
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         display.error("Unexpected Exception, this is probably a bug: %s" % to_text(e), wrap_text=False)
         if not have_cli_options or have_cli_options and cli.options.verbosity > 2:
             log_only = False
+            if hasattr(e, 'orig_exc'):
+                display.vvv('\nexception type: %s' % to_text(type(e.orig_exc)))
+                why = to_text(e.orig_exc)
+                if to_text(e) != why:
+                    display.vvv('\noriginal msg: %s' % why)
         else:
             display.display("to see the full traceback, use -vvv")
             log_only = True
diff --git a/lib/ansible/errors/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/errors/__init__.py
index 18119d6d95..3c00d2f33d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/errors/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/errors/__init__.py
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ class AnsibleError(Exception):
             self.message = '%s' % to_native(message)
         if orig_exc:
             self.orig_exc = orig_exc
-            self.message += '\nexception type: %s' % to_native(type(orig_exc))
-            self.message += '\nexception: %s' % to_native(orig_exc)
 
         self.tb = ''.join(traceback.format_tb(sys.exc_info()[2]))